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Building a Sideboard Redux: 2020’s New Rules

Building a Sideboard Redux: 2020’s New Rules

September 30, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 0

Time waits for no man, as they say, and Magic is the same for all players. Good advice will always be good advice, but relevance is relative. By the same token, Magic players need advice that is relevant to formats…

Choosing The Right Bullet: A Beginner’s Guide

Choosing The Right Bullet: A Beginner’s Guide

August 25, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 0

It’s time, once again, for a return to The Beginner’s Guide to Modern. This my long-running but periodic series where I cover the fundamentals of Modern for those new to the format. Though, as happens with a series that’s four…

Fighting Jund: A Beginner’s Guide

Fighting Jund: A Beginner’s Guide

March 18, 2020 – by David Ernenwein 2

Well, this is rather unfortunate. I was intending to start building a new metagame dataset with SCG Baltimore this week. However, COVID-19 has led to basically everything for the next month being cancelled. Which means I’ll need to rely on…

Fighting Control: A Beginner’s Guide

Fighting Control: A Beginner’s Guide

October 23, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 0

The Beginner’s Guide series offers advice to new to Modern players and dispels common myths about the format’s workings. This week, inspired by some consistent misplays I’ve observed, I am going to be tackling Modern’s control decks. There appears to…

Answering Combo: A Beginner’s Guide

Answering Combo: A Beginner’s Guide

July 10, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 5

The Modern PPTQ season begins at the end of July. For consummate grinders like myself, this is a call to break out the tech and start polish decks. It’s also a call to start playtesting, both to understand how my…

Choosing Sideboard Cards: A Beginner’s Guide

Choosing Sideboard Cards: A Beginner’s Guide

July 3, 2018 – by David Ernenwein 1

Happy (almost) Independence Day America! For Fireworks Day Eve, I have been inspired to go back to the Beginner’s Guide. Recent spoiler discussions and in-game observations made me realize that I have a lot more Modern basics to cover. I’ve…

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Current metagame: 12/1 – 12/31

RankDeckMetagame %
1Grixis Shadow5.5%
2Burn5.4%
3Gx Tron5.2%
4Jeskai Tempo4.8%
5RG Valakut4.7%
6Eldrazi Tron4.6%
7Affinity4.5%
8Humans4.5%
9Gifts Storm4.4%
10Counters Company3.7%

NOTE: Metagame % is calculated from the unweighted average of all MTGO leagues, paper T8s/T16s, and GP/PT/Open Day 2s in the date range. Data is tracked in the Top Decks page, which you can browse for more details.

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